Packard’s desperate command struggle to maintain control of the failing spaceship and enforce survival protocols using the volatile MZ device

Rorvik seizes command by issuing a terse communicator order to Royce after Aldo reports in. His immediate demand to retrieve the MZ forces an urgent equipment retrieval mission for Packard …

Rorvik’s crew finalizes a desperate gambit to breach the mirror using the MZ device, accelerating their plan despite escalating instability. Lanes’s revelation about Romana’s escape tightens the net around her …